Join Lydia Parker and Laura Ferguson, partners in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice, as they discuss the top five health and welfare updates from 2025 to prepare you for 2026, from significant legislative changes to emerging litigation trends that are reshaping the landscape for plan sponsors.

Transcript: Top Five Health and Welfare Updates (PDF)

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Photo of Lydia Parker Lydia Parker

Lydia is a partner in the Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice Group. She assists clients with the design and implementation of employee benefits plans, and regularly advises clients on the wide variety of compliance issues that arise in the administration of those…

Lydia is a partner in the Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice Group. She assists clients with the design and implementation of employee benefits plans, and regularly advises clients on the wide variety of compliance issues that arise in the administration of those plans. Lydia has broad experience with both tax-qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k), 403(b) and defined benefit plans, and nonqualified plans. She has worked extensively with clients on compliance issues related to both self-insured and fully-insured health and welfare benefits plans, including group health plans, severance plans, life insurance plans, and disability plans. Her experience with health and welfare benefits plans includes advising on ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and Internal Revenue Code compliance. Lydia also assists clients with the benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the negotiation of administrative services agreements and other vendor contracts, governance and fiduciary issues, and the administration of claims and appeals.

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Photo of Laura Ferguson Laura Ferguson

Laura counsels clients ranging from multinational banks to energy companies on a wide variety of employee benefits, executive compensation, and privacy and cybersecurity matters.

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